A major literary event when it was published in Viking hardcover in 2007, this is the uncut version of an American classic-rougher, wilder, and more provocative than the official work that appeared, heavily edited, in 1957. The major edits were the fact that it was shorter and the main characters had pseudonyms.The legendary 1951 scroll draft of On the Road, published as Kerouac originally composed it IN THREE WEEKS in April of 1951, Jack Kerouac wrote his first full draft of On the Road-typed as a single-spaced paragraph on eight long sheets of tracing paper, which he later taped together to form a 120-foot scroll. On the Road was finally published in 1957, based on revisions of the 1951 scroll. There were several inserts that weren't included in On the Road, and were put in another novel Visions of Cody There was an estimated 6 drafts between 19, as his work was constantly rejected by his publishers. He rewrote many parts and there was an unfortunate incident where a dog mistook part of the scroll for homework. It was the continuous 120 foot scroll that has become so famous.Īfter this Kerouac continued to edit and delete sections of the manuscript to replace them with shorter passages, so there was some editing. The first draft was written in three weeks in 1951. He was inspired to write the long script when he received a 1000 word letter that rambles on from Neal Cassady, a great friend, he decided to write the novel as if it was a letter. He first started writing the novel in 1948 beaded in his 1947 travels. He wrote about the trips in small notebooks in which a lot of the text was written. As for the planning, there didn't seem to be much.ĭuring 19, Kerouac went on his travels that the book tells us about. Obviously when you are trying to publish a 120 foot long scroll, some editing is needed.
The original however was very 'stream of consciousness' - it was written in continuous form in just 3 weeks. I'll sum it up like this: He planned it on notebooks when travelling, and spent 7 years revising and editing it.
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